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| Wednesday, 20 June, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Panel endorses girls' cancer jab Experts recommend schoolgirls are vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus which causes cervical cancer. |
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| Fresh appeal in Dando murder case Barry George, serving life for the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, wins the right to a new appeal. | |
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| British soldier killed in Basra A soldier from the 4th Battalion The Rifles has been killed in an indirect fire attack in Basra, the MoD says. | |
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| EU to drop idea of constitution Germany proposes that EU states should agree to drop the idea of a constitution, on the eve of a key summit. | |
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| Bush 'in envoy talks with Blair' President Bush has spoken to UK PM Tony Blair about his becoming a Mid-East envoy, a White House official says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | EU to drop idea of constitution Germany proposes that EU states should agree to drop the idea of a constitution, on the eve of a key summit. |
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| Abbas accuses Hamas of coup plot Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accuses Hamas of trying to set up its own state in Gaza. | |
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| LSE in merger talks with Milan The London Stock Exchange (LSE) reveals it is discussing a possible merger with its Italian counterpart. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | First S Leone war crimes verdicts Three rebel leaders are found guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone - the first verdicts for the UN-backed tribunal. |
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| Strike bites in Nigerian cities Nigerian cities are quiet as trade unions strike saying concessions on fuel price rises are "too little, too late". | |
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| Martins escapes horror gun attack Newcastle and Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins escapes uninjured after being shot at while driving in Lagos. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | NY's Bloomberg quits Republicans New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves the Republicans, fuelling rumours that he may run for president. |
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| US forces in Afghan killing row A bitter argument erupts between an Afghan family and US-led coalition forces over the shooting of a young man. | |
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| Fujimori mulls Japan party offer Peruvian ex-leader Alberto Fujimori, under house arrest in Chile, considers an offer to run for office in Japan. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Man cleared over Aborigine death A court in Australia finds a police officer not guilty over the death of an Aboriginal man in 2004. |
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| Thailand considers early election Thailand's post-coup leadership says it may hold general elections in November, earlier than planned. | |
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| Kazakhstan set to hold early poll Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolves parliament and calls snap elections for August. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| EU to drop idea of constitution Germany proposes that EU states should agree to drop the idea of a constitution, on the eve of a key summit. |
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| LSE in merger talks with Milan The London Stock Exchange (LSE) reveals it is discussing a possible merger with its Italian counterpart. | |
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| Libya sets date for medic ruling A Libyan court sets a date to rule on the appeal of six foreign medics condemned for infecting at least 400 children with HIV. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Abbas accuses Hamas of coup plot Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accuses Hamas of trying to set up its own state in Gaza. |
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| Bush 'in envoy talks with Blair' President Bush has spoken to UK PM Tony Blair about his becoming a Mid-East envoy, a White House official says. | |
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| Vigil for BBC captive's 100th day Thousands of colleagues observe a vigil marking 100 days since BBC reporter Alan Johnston was seized in Gaza. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Sri Lanka troops 'kill 30 rebels' About 30 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in overnight clashes in the east of Sri Lanka, the army says. |
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| Nato troops killed by Afghan bomb Three Canadian Nato soldiers die when a bomb destroys their vehicle in southern Afghanistan, officials say. | |
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| UK 'in Afghanistan for decades' A major UK presence will need to last decades to help rebuild Afghanistan, says the new ambassador. | |
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| UK | |
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| Panel endorses girls' cancer jab Experts recommend schoolgirls are vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus which causes cervical cancer. |
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| British soldier killed in Basra A soldier from the 4th Battalion The Rifles has been killed in an indirect fire attack in Basra, the MoD says. | |
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| Storms leave homes without power Thousands of people are without electricity after severe weather hit England and Wales. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Rains cause flash-flooding chaos Heavy rain causes chaos across England as flash floods leave people trapped in cars and water flowing into homes. |
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| Man watches as wife dies on plane A woman from South Yorkshire dies on a holiday jet as her husband and 12-year-old daughter look on. | |
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| Honour crimes units to be piloted Specialist teams are to be set up to help deal with any so-called "honour crimes" and offences arising from forced marriages. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Banker's family are taken hostage The family of a bank official who were being held hostage in north Belfast manage to escape. |
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| 'Many calls' follow teenager rape Police have had a "very good response" from the public as they search for men who raped a teenager. | |
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| McGuinness in Nairac body appeal Anyone who knows where the body of Captain Robert Nairac is should come forward, Martin McGuinness says. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Ex-official had child porn images A former council official is jailed for nine months for possession of more than 1,000 images of child pornography. |
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| Murder probe after two found dead Police begin a murder inquiry after a former beauty queen and a man are found dead in Peterhead. | |
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| Pledge to boost primary teachers Scottish councils will be funded to take on 300 more pre-school and primary teachers in a bid to cut class sizes. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Cycle tragedy gritting 'mistake' A highways engineer tells an inquest into four cycling deaths he should have sent out gritting lorries. |
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| Tax and budget review for Wales An independent investigation is to be held into how Wales gets public funding and look at tax-varying powers. | |
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| 170 jobs to go at printing firm A firm printing magazines and brochures makes most of its staff redundant as it goes into administration. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Bush 'in envoy talks with Blair' President Bush has spoken to UK PM Tony Blair about his becoming a Mid-East envoy, a White House official says. |
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| Lingerie firm founder rejects MBE Joseph Corre, co-founder of Agent Provocateur, rejects his MBE because Tony Blair "is morally corrupt". | |
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| UK 'prepared to block EU treaty' The UK will block any unsatisfactory EU treaty deal, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett says. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Equity heads defend the industry Bosses of private equity firms defend the industry as they face scrutiny from a select committee of UK MPs. |
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| LSE in merger talks with Milan The London Stock Exchange (LSE) reveals it is discussing a possible merger with its Italian counterpart. | |
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| BoE divided over interest rates The Bank of England's decision to keep rates on hold was made by a vote of just five to four, minutes show. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Glastonbury helps ticketless fans Fans whose Glastonbury tickets went missing in the post are assured they will be allowed to enter the festival. |
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| Spitting Image puppets snapped up Spitting Image puppets of Margaret Thatcher and Gordon Brown fetch more than £9,000 at auction. | |
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| More UK households get digital TV More than 80% of UK homes now have digital TV on the main set, according to research published by Ofcom. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | China building more power plants China is now building two power plants every week, says the UK's top climate change envoy. |
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| Huntington's hope from lab sheep A NZ scientist is honoured for helping to develop sheep that can be used to study Huntington's disease. | |
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| Volunteers sought for Mars test The European Space Agency will put six volunteers in an isolation tank for 17 months to simulate a Mars mission. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Hyper-personal search 'possible' Google says it would consider keeping search data for longer than 18 months in an opt-in scheme. |
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| Ofcom secures radio mic future Regulator u-turns on decision to auction off spectrum relied on by theatres, broadcasters and concert organisers. | |
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| Hackers target 'legitimate' sites Thousands of websites have been infected with code that tries to install keylogging software, say security firms. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| Panel endorses girls' cancer jab Experts recommend schoolgirls are vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus which causes cervical cancer. |
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| Tories pledge 'independent NHS' The Tories set out plans to hand day-to-day control of the NHS to an independent board. | |
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| Huntington's hope from lab sheep A NZ scientist is honoured for helping to develop sheep that can be used to study Huntington's disease. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Pledge to boost primary teachers Scottish councils will be funded to take on 300 more pre-school and primary teachers in a bid to cut class sizes. |
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| Council rejects bank school bid A council says no to an American investment bank which wanted to build and run a state school. | |
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| Brown 'planning science shake-up' Gordon Brown may rejig departments in making science a top priority, the education secretary says. | |
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| 1976: Westerners evacuated from Beirut Hundreds of Americans and Britons are moved from Beirut and taken to safety in Syria by the US military, following the murder of the US ambassador. | |||
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| 1995: Shell makes dramatic U-turn Oil giant Shell caves in to international pressure and abandons plans to dump the Brent Spar oil rig at sea. | |||
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| 1990: Major proposes new Euro currency British Chancellor John Major proposes a new European currency which would circulate alongside existing national currencies. | |||
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